- Qoricocha Lake
- Pukamarca
- Huchuy Qosqo
- Lamay
- Machu Picchu
Huchuy qosqo trek 3 Days
Relax on the Huchuy Qosqo Trek to Machu Picchu away from the usual tourist circuit and in the company of an amazing landscape. You’ll see beautiful towns, find llamas and alpacas, and observe soaring mountain peaks and a surprising variety of local flora and fauna. Make new friends in rural communities and enter the depths of life in the Andes of Peru as you walk in the footsteps of their ancestors on the mythical Inca Trail.
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Overview
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Itinerary
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Inclusions
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Before You Go
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Pricing
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The Huchuy Qosco trek is like taking a step back in time, although hard to believe it is so close to Cusco! From its beginning, this trek takes you off the typical tourist route. You will walk along ancient pathways and visit local communities where you will be immersed in the local culture. On your 2nd day, you will visit the little known site of Huchuy Qosqo, a pre-Inca site which was incorporated into the Inca empire early on when they came to power. This site offers an interesting mix of pre-Inca and Inca architecture and is set in a beautiful location overlooking the Sacred Valley.
Briefing before the excursion
You’ll have an informative meeting with your guide 1 or 2 days before the start of your walk. This meeting will take place at our offices in Cusco. Take this opportunity to answer any questions you have and get ready, the adventure is about to begin!
Itinerary at a Glance
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Day 0
Pre-Departure Briefing
Cusco
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Day 1
Experience a True Andean Evening with the Patabamba Community
Tambomachay Qoricocha Lake Pukamarca Huchuy Qosqo
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Day 2
Explore the Fascinating Site of Huchuy Qosqo and Head to Aguas Calientes
Huchuy Qosqo Lamay Ollantaytambo Aguas Calientes
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Day 3
Tour of the Incredible Incan Fortress: Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu
Experience a True Andean Evening with the Patabamba Community
Tambomachay Qoricocha Lake Pukamarca Patabamba Community Huchuy Qosqo
We’ll stop by your hotel early to pick you up and transport you, for 30 minutes, to the Inca site of Tambomachay (3,700 masl / 12,139 fasl). During this journey we’ll pass through Sacsayhuamán, Q’enqo, and Pucapucara. Tambomachay will be our starting point and there we’ll join the rest of the team: the guide, the horsemen who’ll lead the horses, and the chef. We’ll organise your luggage on top of the horses and start walking.
We’ll ascend for 2 hours until we reach the first pass of our excursion (4,100 masl / 13,451 fasl). During this journey you’ll be able to observe impressive views of the city and the surrounding mountains. After another 30 minutes we’ll arrive at the Qoricocha lake. This spectacular location is the perfect place to enjoy a delicious lunch.
After lunch, we’ll ascend for 45 minutes to the second pass, which is the highest point of our trek (4,200 masl / 13,779 fasl). From here, what remains for us on the day is downhill. For 4 hours we’ll cross fertile valleys, a fabulous canyon, and a portion of the original Inca Trail. Our camp will be on one of the Huchuy Qosqo terraces (3,600 masl / 11,808 fasl).
- Meals: Lunch and dinner.
- Accommodation: Camp
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Walking Distance: 9 miles
- Minimum elevation: 3600 m / 11808 ft
- Highest elevation: 4200 m / 13779 ft
- Places of interest: Sacsayhuaman, Qenqo, Lake Qoricocha, Huchuy Qosqo.
Explore the Fascinating Site of Huchuy Qosqo and Head to Aguas Calientes
Huchuy Qosqo Lamay Ollantaytambo Aguas Calientes
We’ll wake up early to enjoy a fantastic breakfast in our camp. Later we’ll enjoy our guided tour of the archaeological site of Huchuy Qosqo.
Then we’ll descend for 2 or 3 hours to Lamay (3,000 masl / 9,840 fasl) where we’ll have lunch. At the end, a van will be waiting for us to head towards Ollantaytambo (2,840 masl / 9,315 fasl). We’ll have a brief tour of this mysterious and magical place.
In Ollantaytambo, you’ll board the Vistadome luxury train heading to Aguas Calientes. As soon as we arrive, you’ll check in at the hotel that we’ll have reserved for you. You can use your free time in the afternoon visiting the relaxing hot springs of the place before dinner in the best restaurant.
- Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- Accommodation: Hostel
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Walking Distance: 1.5 miles
- Minimum elevation: 3000 m / 9840 ft
- Highest elevation: 3600 m / 11808 ft
- Places of interest: Huchuy Qosqo and Ollantaytambo.
You’ll enjoy breakfast at your hotel and then we’ll embark very early (5:30 a.m.) on a bus heading to the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu to see the sunrise. You’ll discover the secrets of this mysterious place on a 2-hour guided tour.
If you chose to climb the Huayna Picchu Mountain (not included in the price of the package), you must do it at 10:00 a.m. Otherwise, you’ll have free time in Machu Picchu (you can walk to Puerta del Sol or the Inca Bridge) before you return to Aguas Calientes by bus.
In Aguas Calientes, you’ll board the Expedition Train heading to Ollantaytambo and later will travel to Cusco in a private van. We’ll drop you off at the hotel door. The time of your arrival will depend on the time of your train ticket.
- Meals: Breakfast.
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Minimum elevation: 2040 m / 6691 ft
- Highest Elevation: 2440 m / 8052 ft
What Is Included?
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High Quality Service & Safety
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Pre-departure briefing
You will meet your trekking guide and group in our office for an orientation before your trek. At this time, we will provide you with the duffle bags which will be carried by our horses. The meeting will be at 5:00 PM the evening before the trip begins.
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Experienced Guide
All our guides are graduates of the professional career of Tourism of the National University San Antonio Abad of Cusco. Our guides are chosen for their professionalism, experience, responsibility, seriousness, unbridled passion for exploring, and a desire to share in the experience. They’ll make sure you are safe and happy.
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Camping Equipment
Dining and kitchen tents, tables, chairs, and cooking equipment (all carried by the horses).
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1 duffle bag:
There, you can carry your personal belongings (including your sleeping bad) up to a maximum weight of 7 kg / 15 lbs.
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Medical Kit
All Salkantay Trekking guides have received specialized training in first aid. We hold mandatory training sessions with our guides every February. Your guide will always carry a first aid kit to face basic emergencies (altitude sickness, traveler’s diarrhea, cuts, scrapes, etc.) as well as oxygen. If necessary, we’ll evacuate you from the path as quickly as possible and ensure that you arrive at a clinic for treatment.
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Accommodation
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Day 1: Accomodation in Tent
Salkantay Trekking uses the best equipment to ensure your safety and comfort. Every two people will share Eureka Timberline or Mountain Hardwear tents with a capacity for four people.
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Hostel in Aguas Calientes
The last night of this trek is spent in a hostel in Aguas Calientes with a double or Matrimonial room, private bathroom, hot shower, wifi, breakfast, and luggage storage while you visit Machu Picchu.
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Meals
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Meals: 2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners
Our chef prepares the best dishes in the middle of the mountain. Our passengers love our food! We respect all diets(Vegetarian, vegan, or special menus are available at no extra cost ), so let us know if you have any particular restrictions on your reservation form and remind your guide during the briefing. You’ll enjoy breakfast, lunch, and dinner, in addition to hot drinks and snacks.
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Wake up tea
Every morning at the campsite, you will wake up with a cup of coca tea! Our staff will bring the tea to your tent so that you will be warmed from inside out before you start your day.
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Tea time daily
Every afternoon before dinner, the cooks will provide popcorn, biscuits, coffee, hot chocolate, teas, hot water, etc. After a long day of hiking, you will not have to wait until dinner to relax, warm-up, and enjoy a bite to eat!
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Snacks on the trail daily
Every morning we’ll give you your snack to enjoy it during the walk; our tour leader will provide you a Cloth bag with local fruits, biscuits, chocolate, caramels, etc. We will give this snack to you at the beginning of each day in your cloth bag.
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One cloth snack bag per person
To avoid the usage of plastic bags that contaminate our environment, we will give you a cloth bag for your snacks.
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Products for hygiene
You will be provided with a small towel before each meal to clean your hands.
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Transportation & Tickets
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Transport
- Day 1: You will be picked up from your hotel in the morning and will travel by private transportation to Tambomachay Community, the starting point of the trek.
- Day 3: Private transport from Ollantaytambo train station to your hotel in Cusco.
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Train Ticket
- Day 2: From Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes.
- Day 3: From Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo.
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Bus Ticket - Consetur
One way bus ticket from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu
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Cargo Mules
On days 1, and 2, cargo mules carry all the camping equipment and your allowance of personal baggage (7 kgs/15.4 lbs).
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Permits & Entrance Tickets
Entrance Ticket to Huchuy Qosqo
Entrance ticket to Machu Picchu Archeological Site.
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EXTRAS included in our service.
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We believe that attention to small details is what sets us apart from other local companies. You’ll receive a cover to protect your backpack on the road, and a rain poncho.
What Is Not Included?
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Rental
All our travellers need a sleeping bag to camp and walking sticks (with rubber tips) are optional, but highly recommended. If you do not have them, don’t worry, you can rent them with Salkantay Trekking:
- Sleeping bag: US $ 10.00
- Walking poles (pair): US $ 10.00
Huayna Picchu
You can climb the famous mountain that’s always seen in the photos, behind the archaeological site of Machu Picchu. It’s 45 minutes uphill. Going down can be scary if you fear heights. You can take this excursion once your guided tour to Machu Picchu ends. The additional cost is US $ 30.00. The permit must be issued at least 1 month in advance due to high demand. To protect your integrity, there may be changes due to weather conditions.
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Day 3: Last Lunch and Dinner in Aguas Calientes
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Travel Insurance
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Tips for our staff
Tips are usual on any excursion to Machu Picchu. Although we pay good salaries to our entire team, something extra is always welcome, especially considering the hard work they do. Typically, group participants collect their tips to hand out to the porters and chefs together.
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Additional costs or delays out of control of the management
Landscape, bad weather condition, itinerary modification due to a safety concern, illness, change of government policy, political instability/strike, etc.
We want to make your trip to Peru as memorable and as easy as possible. In this section, you will find speedy answers to all those questions you had about trekking Salkantay in one place. Please read the following information carefully – it will help you with any questions about our services.
Has another question that we haven’t answered here? Drop us a line, and we will get back to you asap!
Briefing or informative meeting
All information meetings are held in your hotel at 5:00 p.m., one night before the tour begins. If you cannot attend, you must coordinate another time at the Salkantay Trekking offices. These meetings last approximately 30 to 45 minutes and there you will be given a small duffel bag, in which you’ll put all the belongings you intend to bring on the trek that won’t be in your day pack.
Duffel bag or canvas case:
ou’ll receive a canvas case or duffel bag during your briefing. The porters will take them on the way and will deliver them to you when you get to each camp. They measure 66 cm / 2 ft. Long x 36 cm / 1 ft. Wide.
A maximum of 7 kg is allowed for each duffel bag that includes the weight of your sleeping bag, mat, clothes and other personal items.
Payment of Trek Balance (in Cusco)
The trek has to be paid for in full by at least 7.30 pm two days before departure. For example, if your tour departs on a Wednesday, then you must come to our office before 7.30 pm on Monday.
It would be much appreciated if you pay the trek balance in cash US dollars or local currency. You can withdraw some money from several ATMs along Avenida Sol (either in US dollars or local Peruvian Soles). You can pay by credit card or PAYPAL online, but you will have to pay an 8% service charge, charged by VISA and PAYPAL. We do not accept bank checks or payment of the balance by traveler’s checks.
Storing your luggage at our Office.
Of course! During the travel, your main luggage can be stored at our office(you can organize briefing day or by email) or at your hotel, both free of charge.
Any equipment that you are not going to need on the trek can be stored safely in your hotel. Nearly every hotel will provide this service. Don’t leave items of value with your bags, put them in the hotel safe and obtain an itemized receipt (In the unlikely case of theft many insurance companies require that you have a copy of the receipt itemizing all the items). Best put items such as credit cards inside a sealed, signed envelope for extra peace of mind.
Pickups:
Salkantay Trekking can pick you up from your hotel, as long as it’s in the Historic Center of Cusco. The pickup time will be coordinated with your guide in the briefing. The pickup time may vary between 30 and 45 minutes due to traffic. Cusco is a very old city, therefore, it has many narrow cobbled streets. Some hotels and Airbnbs may be located on streets without access to cars or on long, steep slopes, making it difficult to transport luggage. We strongly recommend that you book accommodation with good access.
Group tours:
Group tours are made up of different types of people. Physical conditions and ages can vary. By agreeing to be part of a group tour, you also accept that some people may be faster or slower than you. Therefore, each person can go at their own pace on the route. It may be the case that a group wishes to modify the tour; however, it will be the guide who decides, after consulting with all the participants, if said modifications can be made.
Strikes and demonstrations:
Strikes and demonstrations are usually frequent in Peru and this may interrupt some of our tours. Roads can be blocked and train tracks can be taken over. However, we will try to keep your excursion as planned, even if it means leaving the night before the scheduled date. Under these circumstances, tours may also be cancelled. In case of changes or cancellations, all situations will be coordinated with you by our operations department. Your safety is our highest priority and our decisions will be made to protect it.
Lost objects:
You’re responsible for your objects during the tour. Please pay attention to where you leave your things and remember to take everything once you leave our trucks, tents, or restaurants.
Talk to a Destination Expertito
Your dedicated specialist will take the time to understand your preferences and build them into an itinerary to match, working to your budget. He or she will keep perfecting it until you’re completely happy and ready to book.
The Huchuy Qosqo Route to Machu Picchu 3 days can leave any day of the week, from March through January. We do not run this trek in February because rainy season & maintenance.
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Group Price
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2020 Land Cost
US$450per person
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Pre-payment
US$200(Required)
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Balance
US$250
- This small-group journey is guaranteed to operate with just two guests.
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Extensions & Offers
There are several extensions you can include to your Salkantay Adventure:
- Rainbow Mountain: $100 $80
- Sacred Valley: $60 $50
- City Tour: $30 $20
Price Guarantee
Once your booking has been confirmed we guarantee the price will not increase, whatever the circumstances. Before booking please ensure you have read our important tour pricing information
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Feel free to reach us via email at sales@salkantaytrekking.com or by calling us directly at +51 958 191 179
Triunfo Street 392, office 212, 2nd floor - Main Square of Cusco, Peru
Monday - Friday
9:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Due to the rainy season and trail maintenance, we don't offer this trek during the whole month of february. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, we are working to provide you a better service!
